From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qy0-f170.google.com (mail-qy0-f170.google.com [209.85.216.170]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C46C1C1A1F7 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:34:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: by qyk35 with SMTP id 35so2979136qyk.8 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:34:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:in-reply-to :references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer; bh=6YFqg0IRUh1uvR8oATNLDwRaorSARqBddahkmjK8ER8=; b=x0R3aXD494skN+5UW2PzN4XB84yHDHkaBGBvkEtvS+Mx00XxnnJeQXSbYVxhYY0wbK h0Ia7R/Hkd1djrEl073vd+WImcCWMLH0LF32V7mzPTZq6dWAcGr4/jrgzMWUNaG6XYHo yK9/klwaCICbaAfQRVVhDCE6ylh0O7s3+Mjzo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer; b=pe/sGAf4iuHyHAVTdJtMcmHAXLSz8bfbFROl3lURrwHVokWn4uXLmHCre6fYLfYmIr 8+dle4ynsPEIGk83m9TVHxsgl/QBZoNjSZZTeIrW03wBTM+YCg9L2fKwC/i+CvjRN9hC lhFZb+dw15jmUsyg9TKzayMhhB9hooZag9W/A= Received: by 10.229.215.19 with SMTP id hc19mr3781950qcb.107.1285439680079; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:34:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([137.118.186.73]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t18sm4024470qco.20.2010.09.25.11.34.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:34:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Running Speakup on Ubuntu Lynx? From: Storm Dragon To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:34:32 -0400 Message-ID: <1285439672.2512.4.camel@stormdragon-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.13 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:34:41 -0000 Hi, I think for it to work correctly you'd have to set pulseaudio to run as a system wide service. You could also try launching speakup and espeakup or speechd-up after the desktop has loaded. Probably the easiest way is to install Vinux which has all this stuff working already but is Ubuntu 10.04 under the hood. HTH Storm -- Registered Linux user number 508465: http://counter.li.org/ My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.us/ Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stormdragon2976 On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 16:22 +0100, Garry Turkington wrote: > Hi, > > I've just tried to get the latest stable Speakup 3.1.5 running on a > Ubuntu 10.04.1 VM. > > Speakup compiled and the modules loaded cleanly. Espeakup compiled > but on launch it throws bt-audio-service-open connection refused > errors and I don't have console speech. > > I remember having this exact problem years ago on maybe Ubuntu 8.10 or > so and I never solved it -- ended up moving to Debian. But I've now > got a real need to have a fully accessible Ubuntu desktop. > > Has anyone else encountered and hopefully solved this problem? > > Alternatively, any advice for getting Speakup running on my Ubuntu > desktop welcomed. I've got Orca running via Espeak and > Speech-dispatcher but I recall past issues trying to get both Orca and > Speakup running via speech-dispatcher on the one box. > > Advice much welcomed! > > Thanks, > Garry > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup